Nowadays, women obey their husbands after marriage and obey their sons after their husbands die.

Once married, her original name became the wife of so-and-so, and later the mother of so-and-so.

Or there may be no name at all, just Zhao, Li, Wang...

Maybe when she gets married in the future, she will become someone's daughter-in-law, or someone's mother.

Except for your family, maybe no one will call you by your name anymore.

It’s just that every era has its own characteristics, and Zheng Xiaoman won’t think about changing other people’s ideas.

But she will always remind herself that no matter whether she gets married or has children in the future, she is herself first.

"Aunt Cui'e, I have already written down your name. Please wait for my notification at home."

"Hey, okay, then I'll be waiting, haha."

Li Cui'e was very happy and chatted for a few more sentences before leaving.

Next, everyone came up and reported their names. The names were really varied.

The most common ones here are grass and flowers, there are also a few with various names such as Zhao Di and Laidi, and some without proper names like Daya and Erya.

When they said their names, these aunts looked somewhat embarrassed.

There was an even more interesting lady who couldn’t even remember her own name.

After writing down everyone's names, Cuihua and the others came over.

Cuihua looked at Zheng Xiaoman with bright eyes, "Xiaoman, can we come to your workshop too?"

Zheng Xiaoman smiled and said, "As long as your family agrees, of course you can come over."

Xiao Cao said happily: "I will go home and tell my mother that I can earn money on my own in the future."

Xiaocao's family is the worst off among them. Her mother is in poor health and often has to spend money on medicine.

This way, I can reduce the burden on my family and save some dowry for myself.

Zheng Xiaoman and a few others said, "The workshop will only recruit 20 people in the first batch, so if you are planning to come, you'd better hurry up, otherwise you will have to wait until the second batch."

Lijuan smiled and nodded, "We understand. I will go back and ask my mother today."

She is the only girl in her family. Her parents usually don't ask her to do any work at home, so she is not sure whether her mother will let her come to the workshop.

Although Qiumei also wanted to come, she was afraid that her father would not agree.

The four people said goodbye to Zheng Xiaoman and went home.

As soon as Cuihua entered the house, she started shouting, "Mom, mom, look, I'm making money."

Cuihua's mother came out of the house and asked, "Did you make money? Haven't you been helping Xiaoman's family these days? Where did you make the money?"

Cuihua smiled and raised the money in her hand to her mother, "Of course it was Xiaoman who gave us the money. Xiaoman said that we should be paid for helping out.

Look, here are 400 coins in total, all my wages."

This time it was Cuihua's mother who was surprised. "Oh, Xiaoman actually paid you guys for your work. How can this girl be so polite?"

Although she said this, the smile on her face grew bigger and bigger.

She took the money from her daughter and said, "Please leave this money here first. I will give it to you when you get married."

Cuihua gave the money to her mother without caring, and then said, "Mom, I want to discuss something with you."

Cuihua looked at her, "What's the matter?"

"Mom, Xiaoman's workshop is about to open, and she said we can all go to work in her workshop.

The workshop pays 600 wen per month, and workers can take two days off per month, with no deductions from their wages. "

"Well, that's a lot of money. But my girl, workshop work is not easy. Can you do it?"

Cuihua's family was well off and she herself had not done much work.

Cuihua thought for a moment and said, "It is a bit tiring to work, but not that tiring. I have gotten used to it these days.

Mom, I really want to go. I also want to be like Xiaoman, earning my own money and spending it on my own."

Cuihua's mother was a little hesitant. Her daughter was already fourteen years old this year, and was about to get married. She didn't want her daughter to go to the workshop.

In the past, I let my daughter spend more time with Xiaoman with the intention of marrying her to Qingming.

Now the Zheng family is living better and better, and Qingming is doing well in school. They must look down on this silly girl in their family.

Seeing her mother didn't say anything, Cuihua pulled her mother's sleeve coquettishly, "Oh, mother, please just let me go, Xiaocao and the others are going too."

Cuihua's mother looked at her daughter's expectant eyes and finally nodded.

"Okay, then go and try it first, and come back when you can't stand it anymore."

"Wow, mom, you agree? Oh, mom, you're the best."

Cuihua hugged her mother happily, and Cuihua's mother smiled and touched her daughter's hair.

Alas, this girl is still like a child. When will she grow up?

The same conversation also took place in several other people's homes.

Xiaocao's family was the most supportive of her going to the workshop. It's not that they didn't love their daughter, but their family conditions were not good and they couldn't find a well-off family for their daughter.

But if my daughter goes to the workshop and can earn money on her own, and save up some dowry in two years, she will definitely be able to find a husband with better conditions.

In Lijuan's family, Lijuan's parents always listen to their daughter. They let her do whatever she wants and spoil her unconditionally.

Her three brothers had no right to speak, so the matter was settled very easily.

Finally, it was Qiumei's turn. When she went home and told her mother about this, her mother had no objection.

When it came to Wang Degui, he was the first to disagree.

Wang Degui slammed the table and yelled, "What? You want to work for the Zheng family? I tell you, don't even think about it!"

The last time their family humiliated me, I was pointed at by people in the village.

If you go to work for them again, they will laugh at me even more, and then I will not be able to keep my dignity."

Qiumei looked at her father aggrievedly, "That thing wasn't Xiaoman's family's fault, it was your fault in the first place."

Wang Degui glared at him. "What do you mean it's my fault? I just took a few rice seedlings.

It's not worth much money, it's just that Zheng Dashan is narrow-minded. If he doesn't pursue it, will I be embarrassed in the village?"

Qiumei was so angry that she was about to cry. She turned her head and looked at her mother, "Mom, look at my dad. He is totally unreasonable."

Qiu Mei's mother rolled her eyes at her husband. She was really impressed by his ability to turn the tables.

But before she could say anything, she was interrupted by Wang Degui, "Shut up, I said no, it's no. If you keep talking nonsense, get out."

This made Qiumei's mother very angry. If the children hadn't been here, she would have really wanted to slap him in the face with her shoe.

Seeing her father being so unreasonable, Qiumei was so angry that she ran out of the house.

"Wow, grandpa, grandpa, my dad bullies me, wow."

Qiumei came out of her house and went straight to find her grandfather.

"Oh, who bullied my good granddaughter?" When Mr. Wang heard his granddaughter crying, he hurried out of the house.

Qiumei's uncle and aunt also came out and asked, "What happened? Why is the child crying like this?"

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